Knox Tea Party of 1

My wife Linda and I at the Tennessee State Guard Christmas Banquet

I am originally from the west and moved to Knoxville in 2000

I live in Knoxville with my wife and grandson and work as a Construction Manager/Engineer for a Government contractor.

I have a Bachellors Degree in Civil Engineering with a Masters Degree in Construction Management.

I am 64 years old but, like everyone else, can't aford to retire.

I am hoping to get actively involved with the Tea Party Patriots because I am concerned about the path our Government is heading and would like to participate in any way I can to reirdect Government prioities back to the path established by our founding fathers through the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and the Bill of Rights

I joined the Tea Party to do what I can to reverse the direction the politicians of both parties have set this nation toward.  My generation has allowed the national debt to expand to the point that we are now bankrupt (China has not yet foreclosed, but at the time of their choosing, they surely will).  If we have not reached the point of no return, we are surely approaching it.  We must return to the vision that our founding fathers set before us, in plain English, in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights.

I believe that God's blessing has made this the greatest country in the history of mankind, because we were founded as a Christian nation.  Many people dispute this fact, some claiming that the founding fathers were agnostic or deists.  Most founding fathers were Christian - historical documents prove this without a doubt.  I also believe that without God's blessing, this country is doomed.  The "secular progressives" are doing all they can to have any references to God removed from any governmental or public displays.  I pray that we remain One Nation Under God with Liberty and Justice for All.

In God I Trust.  Politicians I Distrust.